Please tell us how you have integrated global awareness into your art curriculum. Feel free to have discussions with one another regarding this topic. Also, upload any applicable documents you have created and share any useful links you have found.
A unit involving analyzing culture through the creation of masks and the writing of poetry can be found at:
Visit this NPR podcast and article about an art project, Cool Globes, involving the creation of globes to introduce students to global warming. Pictures of students artwork is also on this page.
Introduce your students to African Rock Art and read about how one man brings awareness of this fragile art globally. Pictures and n NPR podcast are included.
The**Partnership for 21st Century Skills**(in their21st Century Skills Map for the Arts), explains, "The arts provide opportunities and experiences for students to understand global issues; to work collaboratively with individuals representing diverse cultures, religions and lifestyles in a spirit of mutual respect; and to understand other nations and cultures, including those that shape their thoughts in other languages. The awareness and empathy that come from the collective production of art or the study of art by others enables students to develop a truly global point of view" (p. 16).
Please tell us how you have integrated global awareness into your art curriculum. Feel free to have discussions with one another regarding this topic. Also, upload any applicable documents you have created and share any useful links you have found.
A unit involving analyzing culture through the creation of masks and the writing of poetry can be found at:
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/behind-masks-exploring-culture-395.html
Visit this NPR podcast and article about an art project, Cool Globes, involving the creation of globes to introduce students to global warming. Pictures of students artwork is also on this page.
Introduce your students to African Rock Art and read about how one man brings awareness of this fragile art globally. Pictures and n NPR podcast are included.
The**Partnership for 21st Century Skills** (in their 21st Century Skills Map for the Arts), explains, "The arts provide opportunities and experiences for students to understand global issues; to work collaboratively with individuals representing diverse cultures, religions and lifestyles in a spirit of mutual respect; and to understand other nations and cultures, including those that shape their thoughts in other languages. The awareness and empathy that come from the collective production of art or the study of art by others enables students to develop a truly global point of view" (p. 16).